the Optimist Companies
Welcome to the Companies page at Optimist World, where we look at the positive impact that companies can have by engaging in sustainable business practices. This could be anything from Fair Trade coffee in the break out area, to recycling points that people use and know about, charity fundraising (MATCH schemes) and volunteering programmes, right up to ethical investment schemes and responsible supply chains. This is what Corporate Responsibility is all about.
So if your company has a CR project that has global aspirations or local impact, we'd love to hear from you. We will tell your story so that others may be inspired.
We list any company with a CSR programme and highlight and promote those that make a donation to our selected Optimist Charities.
For more info on how to get heard and if you would like to get involved in the Optimist Awards 2009 please contact us at info@optimistworld.com
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Featured Articles
In a bid to promote the health and longevity of our planet food and drinks company PepsiCo has op...
Plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer have been unveiled by IBM and the Swi...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), deaths from CVD will increase from 17.2 million...
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The Irish Wind Energy Association(IWEA) launched Ireland's first major study into employment oppo...
Speaking at CSR Europe's General Assembly in Brussels the European Commission President José Manu...
Solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent's Coprporate Social Responsibility programme celebrated ‘Intern...
The initiative represents the third phase of BT and UNICEF's ‘Inspiring Young Minds' programme, a...
Hotel group Accor will further support the global reforestation programme ‘Plant for the Planet: ...
Destruction of the world's tropical rainforests accounts for about 20% of greenhouses gases – mor...
Asda knows a lot about making savings and reducing prices for its customers. And as one of UK's l...
The t-shirt is probably the one garment that through design can make a bold statement, where the ...
Coca-Cola will introduce a fully recyclable new bottle made partially from plants. The PlantBottl...
Several leading UK retailers and manufacturers including Waitrose, Asda, Rachel's Organics and th...
Two million people in western Kenya will receive home-based HIV/AIDS testing and counselling over...
This year's ReSource Award for sustainable watershed management has been won by an Afghanistan-ba...
Global restaurant company Pizza Hut's read-aloud programme BOOK IT! Beginners will be fe...
Over the next three to five years the Walt Disney Company will work to reducing emissions, waste,...
Communications company Motorala and the Motorola Foundation are collaborating with Earth Day Netw...
Confectioner Cadbury has announced a 17% reduction in water consumption by an increased efficienc...
Planning permission has been given to a new £2.1m scheme to build a development that will provide...
Recognising that companies are facing issues greater regulation; a challenging economic situation...
Confectioner Cadbury has outlined its efforts to help reduce the environmental impact of dairy fa...
For a majority of Italian corporations climate change can influence and present an opportunity for b...
The Volkswagen Community Trust celebrated its 20th birthday in the Volkswagen plant in Uitenhage,...
A new campaign motivating children to becoming protective about biodiversity will be launched by ...
A partnership has been launched aiming at increasing cleaner production and energy efficiency in ...
Development work of France's first ‘eco-quarter', Parc Matisse, has started. The Parc, located in...
Kiehls established JPF Eco Systems as a partnership with Pitt to support global environmental ini...
The American actor is one of these of good people who personally has made it one of his missions ...
This week, Fashion Made Fair hosted an event at The Boilerhouse in East London. The event show...
Where do you buy your cotton underwear? Have you checked the label lately? A group of la...
The ninemillion.org campaign was created in 2006 by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR (United Nations ...
This year 350,000 new books were placed in the hands of children in need under a programme that c...
Leading fashion branding Kenneth Cole has teamed-up with non-profit organisation VolunteerMatch t...
The Toyota Fund for Europe (TFfE) will award 15 grants, a combined total of over €1 million, to s...
Since July, H&M partnered-up with UNICEF again supporting the agency's efforts to improve the...
Global delivery company UP has partnered-up with HP to reduce operational costs while cutting its...
Pharmaceutical and chemicals corporation Bayer and the United Nations environment programme's reg...
The pizza is probably one of the world's favourite foods. Undoubtedly, appreciation for the famou...
Corus Steel Packaging Recycling, the UK's biggest steel recycler, is challenging the public to in...
For Pampers, childcare and development has gone beyond nappy innovation. Through its parenting in...
PepsiCo Foundation announced two major new grants last week to WaterPartners and Safe Water Netwo...
As global oil prices continue to rise, a study by a UK energy supplier last week revealed the kno...
Have you got a brilliant business idea that would make the world a better place? 55,000 people ...
How many times have you opened a bottle of wine lately to find a synthetic stopper instead of tra...
The financial services arm of the Co-op prides itself on being 'good with money', on...